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Bethany opened her eyes slowly as the sunlight, which had found its way through the slightly opened window penetrated and fell onto her eyes–She struggled to keep her eyes neither open nor close.
When she finally open her eyes, she was welcomed by a beautiful scene which rendered her heart cheerful–She couldn't believe the scene as she was forced to think twice about it. But it was true.
Right at the edge of the bed, Ms.Sue was sleeping with her head laid against the edge of the bed while her hands were on Bethany's legs–She must have fallen asleep while giving her a foot massage as the ointment was still right on the bed, beside Bethany. She looked down and saw that Ms.Sue was sitting on the bare floor while resting her head against the bed.
From the look of things, it seems like she didn't get to sleep all through the night as she had spent all night watching over Bethany while trying to nurse her back to good health. That must have been the reason why she's sleeping at this time.
Ms. Sue has always been an early bird. However, that is not the case today.
Bethany smiled inwardly at the sight of the woman.
A little while later, Bethany suddenly struggled to sit upon the bed but she was too weak to do so as her swift moments made Ms.Sue jerked out of sleep.
Bethany woke up. She could not tell where she was.When she saw the decoration in her bedroom, she felt like she was in a dream. Wasn't this the home she had dreamed of having?This was…Before she could figure it out, a voice was heard from beneath , A woman in her 50s looked up and immediately showed a gentle smile when she saw that Bethany had woken up."Miss is awake?" The woman said, "I'm the butler of the house.
“Miss, you are awake? Are you feeling any better? Do you want to go to the bathroom?” She asked with a panic-stricken voice as she stood up abruptly while holding onto Bethany's hands.
When Bethany didn't give her an answer immediately, she moved closer to her and check her temperature with her hand.
While checking, she noticed that the hot temperature from last night has gone down. However, she was still a little fever and the injury on her head seemed to be the cause of it.
“I see your temperature has gone down but you still have to take your medications and even the doctor will come around to examine you later” Ms. Sue, said as she took her hand away from her neck.
Suddenly, silence sets in as either of them said anything to each other. The atmosphere in the room froze to the highest point. They could only help but look at each other in suspense.
“Did you.......”
“I'll help......"
They both suddenly broke the silence as they ended up interrupting each other.
Bethany was the first person to speak up as she wanted to know if Ms.Sue didn't sleep all night. However, Ms . Sue, was about to tell her something else.
Seeing this awkward scene, Ms.Sue smiled at Bethany's cuteness. However, Bethany wore a long face as she wasn't amused by this matter at all. And what more the pain in her head was too much to bear, and laughing would make it even worse.
“You should go ahead first”. Ms. Sue urged with a smile.
“Are you sure about this?” Bethany managed to ask
“Come on, I'm very sure. You should go ahead first”.
“Did you not sleep at all last night?” She asked with a small voice.
Ms.Sue smiled a bit as she replied.“G
How could I keep of sleeping when you were in such a bad shape? Your fever was very high and you needed to be looked after, so I had to stay awake”
She replied casually in a gentle voice as if she has done nothing deserving of appreciation.
Seeing this, Bethany was overwhelmed with emotions–Ms. Sue has always been a mother to her and she was the one who took care of her when she got married to Zayn back then; Even though she was the one who had raised Zayn, she was more of a mother to Giselle than Zayn.
If she had done this for Giselle then it wouldn't have been a big deal but a stranger? It's not easy to be as kind-hearted as she was.
Due to this matter, Bethany was immediately reminded of Samantha–Her thoughts went back to how Samantha used to take care of her back then.
They were all an act to take everything away from her.
“You shouldn't worry about me, Miss. You should focus on getting better” Ms. Sue said as she walked over to the table to grab a towel.
“Call me Bethany. my name is Bethany Quest,” Bethany said in a low, hushed voice.
Hearing this, Ms.Sur stopped in her tracks as tried to digest what she said.
“Bethany?” She asked.“Miss Bethany, have we met before?”.She summoned encouraged to ask.
“No, I haven't met you before. This is the first time we are meeting, Moreover, I just started working at the Blue Ridge company a few weeks ago, we couldn't have probably met during this time. Did we?
“Oh! Do you work at the blue ridge company?” Ms.Sue seemed interested as she asked in a gentle voice.
Bethany nodded her head in her affirmation to the question asked.
“I didn't know that you work at the company. You should get ready, I'll take you to go have a bath"
Ms.Sue realized that it was almost time for her to take her medicine so she suggested she go take her bath first.
“Don't worry, I can do that myself" Bethany said as she tried to stand up from the bed, but she was too weak to stand up on her two feet, due to this, she fell back on the bed as she tried to force herself up.
“Why are you so stubborn? Do you want to hurt yourself even more? I told you I will help you have a bath, do you not understand me?” She was angry as she unknowingly scolded the young woman.
Bethany was startled at her reaction and she immediately became quiet as she watched as the woman continued to scold her like a mother.
There was a time, she longed to be scolded like this by nanny sue, but she was not there with her all through the five years she had spent away in a foreign country.
She smiled seeing how sad nanny Sue was–The angry expression on her face made her look like an angry mother hen, whose chick was being tortured in pain.
“Why do you never listen to me, Giselle? I told you I'll do it.......”
By the time she realized that she had crossed the line, it was too late as she had already mentioned the name that Bethany didn't want to hear about.
She raised her brows to see that Bethany was wearing a dry expression on her face–Initially, she was trying to feign a smile due to how nanny Sue had scolded her, but at the mention of Giselle's name the smile froze on her lips.
“I'm so sorry, Miss Bethany. I didn't mean to scold you like that. I didn't mean it that way” She apologized.
“Who is Giselle?” Bethany asked without raising her eyes to look up at Ms. Sue.
Caught by surprise, Ms.Sue was reluctant about disclosing the identity of the young madam, so she wanted to avoid her question by covering it up with another topic.
“I'll go prepare a warm bath for you, Should I?”.
She turned around and made to leave for the bathroom.
Noticing that she was indeed trying to change the topic, Bethany decided to get the truth out of her by using another emotional question.
“You seem to love her a lot, who is this Giselle, ma'am ?”
Nanny Sue, who was already on her way to the bathroom suddenly stopped in her tracks upon hearing the question posed at her.
She turned around to see the curiosity in Bethany's eyes, so she came back to sit on the bed, right side her before she made attempts to answer her question.
Just as she was about to reply, a drop of tear scrolled down her cheeks uncontrollably. “Giselle Meyer was the young madam of this house but she passed away tragically” She managed to mumble while trying to fight back the tears that threatened to fall off her cheeks.
Hearing this, Bethany's interest was instantly intrigued.
“tragic passing? What happened to her?” She asked.
“I'm not allowed to say this to anyone but you seem like a good person, I hope you won't tell this to anyone else. Promise me”
“Sure, you can trust me with this, and rest assured that I won't snitch on you,” Bethany said in a gentle voice.
Manny Sue felt convinced as she began to tell her the whole truth.
“Five years ago, Miss Giselle and the young master had their third anniversary, so the young master had arranged a dinner date for the both of them but Miss Giselle wasn't able to reach the venue as it was reported that she had eloped with her lover instead, unfortunately, she got into an accident and died immediately”.
“What? Why would she do something like that?” Bethany exclaimed pretentiously after Miss Sue finished narrating the story.
I can't believe how sneaky these people are. how could they go as far as slandering my name in public like this to avoid fingers being pointed at them? you all really deserve each other.
Seeing that Bethany was wearing a crush, disgusted expression after hearing what she had to say about the death of miss Giselle, Miss Sue quickly flare up as she was afraid that Bethany would misunderstand the whole thing.
“It's not what you think, Miss Bethany. Giselle was never like that, she wouldn't do all the things that she was accused of doing. My Giselle was never a bad person” She said as tears fell from her wrinkled eyes.
Bethany was speechless!
She was speechless at the sight of how nanny Sue defended Giselle–She was not only shocked but dumbfounded at the level of trust that Ms.Sue had in Giselle.
How could anyone trust another person this much?
“I'm very sure, someone is trying to frame Miss Giselle. They are trying to ruin her image in front of the old master, and it's none other than Danica” She muttered to herself in a hushed voice but Bethany was quick enough so she heard what she had mumbled.
“What did you say? ” Bethany wanted to confirm the words from her.
“It's nothing, I should go get the bath water ready for you now. It's almost time for your medicine”.
Without waiting for the further argument she quickly dashed toward the bathroom in a hurry.
Bethany couldn't help but think of all the things she has list heard–Not once did she imagine that Zayn hates her that much that he would slander her in front of others to put a claim to his rights.
She was shocked beyond words. However, this new revelation has strengthened her resolve for revenge and she won't stop any time soon.
I'll make you all pay for this .